January 2017 Photo of the Month

CSEA activists kept up the heat on Town of Newburgh officials planning to lay off three workers who had been improperly demoted to laborer titles, and then had those titles eliminated in the 2017 town budget. The Grinch joined two dozen protesters in frigid temperatures Dec. 19, marching outside Town Hall.

About Author

Jessica Ladlee is the communications specialist for CSEA's Southern Region. A graduate of Boston University, Ladlee is an award-winning journalist who worked as a newspaper editor before joining the CSEA communications team in 2004. She is passionate about the opportunities unions provide for people to join the middle class, something her grandmother did as a Rockland County CSEA member over 50 years ago.